Aqueduct
noun
A man-made channel for carrying water from one place to another often using bridges.
The ancient Romans built aqueducts all over their empire to supply water to their cities.
Often appears as...
- build an aqueduct
- roman aqueduct
noun
A pipe or tube through which something such as water or electric wires can pass.
The company is constructing a new aqueduct to run cables underground.
Often appears as...
- construct an aqueduct
- underground aqueduct
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Technical
noun
A structure that looks like a bridge and is used to carry pipes or wires over a road, river, etc.
The aqueduct that carries the canal over the river is an impressive architectural feat.
Often appears as...
- architectural aqueduct
- aqueduct over the river
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Technical
noun
A narrow tube in your body for carrying a particular fluid.
The aqueduct of the midbrain is a vital part of the brain's fluid-circulation system.
Often appears as...
- brain aqueduct
- medical aqueduct
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Technical
noun
A man-made channel for carrying water from one place to another often using bridges.
The ancient Romans built aqueducts all over their empire to supply water to their cities.
Often appears as...
- build an aqueduct
- roman aqueduct
noun
A pipe or tube through which something such as water or electric wires can pass.
The company is constructing a new aqueduct to run cables underground.
Often appears as...
- construct an aqueduct
- underground aqueduct
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A structure that looks like a bridge and is used to carry pipes or wires over a road, river, etc.
The aqueduct that carries the canal over the river is an impressive architectural feat.
Often appears as...
- architectural aqueduct
- aqueduct over the river
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A narrow tube in your body for carrying a particular fluid.
The aqueduct of the midbrain is a vital part of the brain's fluid-circulation system.
Often appears as...
- brain aqueduct
- medical aqueduct
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Historic Construction
Often associated with impressive historic engineering projects of great scale.
The Segovia aqueduct in Spain is a testament to Roman engineering prowess.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Water
Modern use can extend to transport of other substances, not limited to water.
This new aqueduct also carries agricultural nutrients to farmlands.
Pro Tip 1/2Historic Construction
Often associated with impressive historic engineering projects of great scale.
The Segovia aqueduct in Spain is a testament to Roman engineering prowess.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Water
Modern use can extend to transport of other substances, not limited to water.
This new aqueduct also carries agricultural nutrients to farmlands.
Pro Tip 1/2Historic Construction
Often associated with impressive historic engineering projects of great scale.
The Segovia aqueduct in Spain is a testament to Roman engineering prowess.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Water
Modern use can extend to transport of other substances, not limited to water.
This new aqueduct also carries agricultural nutrients to farmlands.
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Elon Musk: The future...
and they were able to make the pyramids, and they forgot how to do that. And then the Romans, they built these incredible aqueducts. They forgot how to do it. Elon, it almost seems, listening to you and looking at the different things you've done, that you've got this unique double motivation on everything that I find so interesting.
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The Romans flooded the...
who would be declared a god after his own death. It’s still a mystery how engineers flooded the arena to create this aquatic effect. Some historians believe a giant aqueduct was diverted into the arena. Others think the system of chambers and sluice gates used to drain the arena, were also used to fill it.
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A 3-Part Plan to Take On...
you don't need to do anything to it. And for decades now, we've been just throwing it into the sewage and then to the sea. So now this urban aqueduct, this ancient monument, is going to be used to build resilience and lower heat by supporting urban nature for the modern city of Athens.
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A brief history of...
The Roman Empire had continuously flowing aqueducts dedicated to carrying waste outside city walls. Chinese dynasties of the same period also had private and public toilets, except their waste was immediately recycled. Most household toilets fed into pig sties,
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Palenque and the Ancient...
woman who had a house built at the foot of the temple of the cross and to illustrate his books there his inscriptions of the subterraneous and the aqueduct at linky and everything he would do these drawings of his friends in Palenque all this got so much
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Sonic Postcards from The...
i discovered this little soccer field near the aqueduct and i saw these young players just training you see every time this overlapping between history and daily life it's like most interesting aspect of this place
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Every Day in Tuscany PIPE...
we've met some really amazing characters out in the hills and it's been such an expansion of our knowledge of what the place is like and in the restoration we found two pieces of a Roman aqueduct and
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Ancient Rome 101 PIPE...
This massive scale and growing populous necessitated advancements in Roman engineering. Aqueducts were constructed, which increased the public's access to water, helped improve public health,
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Building smart cities PIPE...
places for technological innovation think about the Roman aqueduct but this is different this is ah this is really the whole city as a tech space like this
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Spend Some Time With The...
as well as keen dying on us they're also quite the aqueducts taking advantage of the strings of prayer flags that crisscross the pool
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Elon Musk: The future...
and they were able to make the pyramids, and they forgot how to do that. And then the Romans, they built these incredible aqueducts. They forgot how to do it. Elon, it almost seems, listening to you and looking at the different things you've done, that you've got this unique double motivation on everything that I find so interesting.
Video examples
The Romans flooded the...
who would be declared a god after his own death. It’s still a mystery how engineers flooded the arena to create this aquatic effect. Some historians believe a giant aqueduct was diverted into the arena. Others think the system of chambers and sluice gates used to drain the arena, were also used to fill it.
Video examples
A 3-Part Plan to Take On...
you don't need to do anything to it. And for decades now, we've been just throwing it into the sewage and then to the sea. So now this urban aqueduct, this ancient monument, is going to be used to build resilience and lower heat by supporting urban nature for the modern city of Athens.
Video examples
A brief history of...
The Roman Empire had continuously flowing aqueducts dedicated to carrying waste outside city walls. Chinese dynasties of the same period also had private and public toilets, except their waste was immediately recycled. Most household toilets fed into pig sties,
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
woman who had a house built at the foot of the temple of the cross and to illustrate his books there his inscriptions of the subterraneous and the aqueduct at linky and everything he would do these drawings of his friends in Palenque all this got so much
Video examples
Sonic Postcards from The...
i discovered this little soccer field near the aqueduct and i saw these young players just training you see every time this overlapping between history and daily life it's like most interesting aspect of this place
Video examples
Every Day in Tuscany PIPE...
we've met some really amazing characters out in the hills and it's been such an expansion of our knowledge of what the place is like and in the restoration we found two pieces of a Roman aqueduct and
Video examples
Ancient Rome 101 PIPE...
This massive scale and growing populous necessitated advancements in Roman engineering. Aqueducts were constructed, which increased the public's access to water, helped improve public health,
Video examples
Building smart cities PIPE...
places for technological innovation think about the Roman aqueduct but this is different this is ah this is really the whole city as a tech space like this
Video examples
Spend Some Time With The...
as well as keen dying on us they're also quite the aqueducts taking advantage of the strings of prayer flags that crisscross the pool
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Henry Petroski
American Author
Typically, highway bridges have about 50 years. But over in England, they have iron bridges approaching 250 years. In France, there are Roman aqueducts that are approaching 2,000 years old. So a bridge can last a very long time if it's built properly in the first place and then maintained properly.
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Robert Harris
British Novelist
I like to take people you wouldn't really think people would write novels about: an aqueduct engineer, a code-breaker, a hedge-fund manager. It's in those sorts of lives that I find more fascination than in a CIA operative or a Marine or something like that.
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Henry Petroski
American Author
Typically, highway bridges have about 50 years. But over in England, they have iron bridges approaching 250 years. In France, there are Roman aqueducts that are approaching 2,000 years old. So a bridge can last a very long time if it's built properly in the first place and then maintained properly.
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Robert Harris
British Novelist
I like to take people you wouldn't really think people would write novels about: an aqueduct engineer, a code-breaker, a hedge-fund manager. It's in those sorts of lives that I find more fascination than in a CIA operative or a Marine or something like that.
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